Impacto del Covid-19 en el mercado laboral

At the beginning of the year 2020, a health crisis called COVID-19 occurred worldwide, this serious disease later declared as a pandemic, has affected all sectors of the economy, and this has led to the labor market also being strongly affected and attacked. The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global crisis not only because it has exceeded the health resources of society, but also because it has considerably reduced world economic activity and this has forced governments to invest large amounts of money for its repair, not to mention the incalculable social cost, not only of the families of the affected patients but of the great impact that this has demonstrated in the labor market environment. This pandemic is undoubtedly the most serious crisis to hit the world since the 1930s, as it has impacted global economic activity, having dire consequences on the labor market, generating large job losses, decreases in people's incomes and increases in poverty. This is why governments must face the need to take containment measures to prevent and avoid further contagion among their populations, closing borders, restricting mobility, among others. The confinement measures have caused that countless companies have been forced to close their workplaces, that people who are still working do so, but with fewer actual hours worked, or are forced to work from the alternation through virtuality with telework; this is possible mainly for people who have greater knowledge and digital skills, or that their work allows it, however, there are other activities involving manual operations, such as manufacturing, construction, etc., that do not allow it. In addition to the above, the global labor market has had, not only because of the pandemic, certain disparities that generate greater inequality gaps. Labor gaps between men and women, between young people and adults, between people with and without work experience, among others. Thus, as a consequence of the pandemic, not only have these phenomena been exacerbated, but there has also been a contraction in the employment rate, an increase in unemployment rates due to massive job losses, an increase in the economically inactive population, a lower rate of informality, etc.

• Autores: Cardona-Llano, Tatiana
• Tipo de recurso: Tesis
• Fecha de publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Católica de Oriente
• Repositorio: Repositorio UCO
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uco.edu.co:20.500.13064/1610
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13064/1610
• Palabra clave: Pandemia; Trabajo; Teletrabajo; Empleo; Desempleo; Pandemic; Job; Telework; Employment; Unemployment; Mercado de trabajo; Mercado laboral; Oferta y Demanda de trabajo; Empleo y Desempleo; Flexibilidad laboral; Teletrabajo; Trabajo a distancia por ordenador; Trabajo a domicilio
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/